Michael Sälzer works with stoneware glazes made from plant ashes, powdered minerals and rare clays, applying them by brush and spray gun and firing his work in a wood-fired kiln of his own design.
A salt glaze is achieved by introducing a range of sodium compounds - common salt, soda or a caustic soda solution - into the wood combustion chamber at a temperature of 1300ºC.
By a skilful “managing happenstance”, Michael Sälzer achieves ceramic surfaces that are characterised by fly ash, flame effects and the orange peeling typical of salt firing.